I must have, somehow, accumulated a lot of bad karma.

Had lost 2 phones in the span of less than 3 months, the latter stolen (by someone who has every intention to do so) over the last weekend.

But thanks to my fantastic 4C gang and dearest Chelsea, I had a pre-birthday present. And thanks to Nokia PC Suite backup - it almost felt as if I had never lost it.

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They put so much things into a handphone these days that it seemed to have given that machine a soul. The messages, the personalized ring tones, candid pictures. People do grow attached to their phones.

I was thinking, equipment like that was meant to give us all a better life. Cars, phones, laptops. Somehow, we ended up maintaining and looking after all these stuff that were bought (supposedly) to look after us. We get so miserable when they are damaged or lost, we vouch to make more money to replace/ repair them.

That's how people started complaining about having no time, no leisure. To fund these wants, to start this cycle that doesn't really seem to end. But these stuff do give us a better life, don't they?

Now I shall ponder what constitutes a better life. The trade-off gets more and more blurry.

# rambled by Kenneth @ 12:27 AM